The township board’s personnel committee will review and provide a recommendation for the board of trustees regarding the propsoal to hire Orion Senior Center consultant Lisa Sokol as a temporary employee of the township.
Sokol came on as a consultant when the center’s director, Marylou Enneking, was unable to return to work. Because it was believed Sokol’s duration there would be short, she was hired as an independent contractor.
But because she has since worked exclusively for the center and township, she has requested she be paid as an employee of the township, and pursuant to IRS guidelines, she should be reclassified as a temporary employee.
The committee will review the matter with the personnel attorney and come back to the board with a recommendation.